Religion
The name of the religious temple
What is a ziggurat
The leader of the government
Who is the king
An invention to control the rivers
What is a levee
Name three crops grown in the Mesopotamian Valley
What is wheat, veggies, barley, grapes, melons, grapes, oranges, beans
Why is the soil fertile
Because of the snow melting from the mountains
The number of great gods they had
What is 7
Who chooses the king
Who is the gods
An invention pulled by oxen that digs up the dirt
What is a plow
Use to build our homes, temples, and other buildings
What are mud bricks
What Mesopotamia means
What is "the land between the rivers"
Name 3 of the great gods
Who are the god of the earth, sky, sun, moon, salt water, fresh water, wind
Name 2 jobs of the king
What are deciding arguments, who farms the land, who the people trade with, taking care of the ziggurat
An invention based on the moon and the stars that helps keeps time
What is a calendar
One way to get slaves
What is conquer them in war, or if the person owes a debt
The 2 things you need to write
What are clay and a stylus
The number of times the priests fed the gods
What is twice a day
What it's called when every man must spend some time working for the government
What is a burden tax
An invention that allowed us to carry much heavier, larger loads.
What is the wheel
Name two possible jobs in Mesopotamia
What are scribe, potter, fisherman, musician, trader, farmer, priest, or you could grind grain
Levees are made of this
What are piles of dirt
Name two things the gods choose in Mesopotamian society.
What are the king and the laws
Name 2 things taxes are used for
What is building the army, taking care of city buildings (like the ziggurat)
The name of the written language we invented
What is cuneiform
Lives near the ziggurat
Who are the priests and wealthy
Name the 2 rivers that surround the Mesopotamia Valley
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers